Rice Accepts DJ's Apology for Racial Slur

[sabra]

http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2006/03/26/ap/headlines/d8gjbfjo3.txt

Rice Accepts DJ's Apology for Racial Slur



WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has accepted the apology of a disc jockey fired for using a racial slur to describe her, saying the incident shows that even mature democracies take centuries to heal racial wounds.

"My understanding is that he apologized, said he didn't mean it," Rice told "Fox News Sunday." "I accept that because we all say things from time to time that we shouldn't say or didn't mean to say."

Dave Lenihan of KTRS in St. Louis apologized on the air immediately after making what he said was a slip of the tongue during his morning show on Wednesday.

Lenihan had praised Rice, who has frequently said she aspires to run the NFL one day but has ruled out seeking to replace retiring Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who recently announced his retirement.

[dogman]

1. Of course!

He wasn't some damned liberal.

[onehandle]

2. Murderer.

Not a slip of the tongue.

[louis-t]

3. Why hasn't Condi apologized for lying to America?

[thefool_wa]

4. So, I apparently missed it

What did he call her?

[soothsayer]

6. He was praising her and trying to say if she became commissioner

of the NFL it would be a real coup for the NFL, but instead said it would be a real "coon." Then apologized alot for it (unlike when rush called mayor nagin mayor 'nayger') and then got fired.

[thefool_wa]

9. Thanks

did he say it on purpose or was this a slip of the toungue?

seems pretty mild when compared to MANY other things people have said (not necesarily about Condi, just in general). Still, I'll bet he ends up on the TSA no-fly list.

[yardwork]

11. I think he said it on purpose. He apologized way too much.

If it were a real slip of the tongue, he would have corrected himself and moved on. He did it on purpose and pretended it was an accident.

Typical right-wing slime move.

[KTM]

13. I disagree

His sentence sounded like he misspoke, perhaps blending two words. I think he got tongue tied trying to say either "It would be a real boon for the NFL" or "It would be a real coup for the NFL," and blended the words. I do that sometimes - like trying to say "I love you too baby/darling" and somehow saying "I love you too Darby." (That doesnt score you any points BTW, unless you are incredible lucky and are actually dating a girl named Darby...)

[AndyA]

5. Condi accepts apology about racial slur?

She certainly has no problem, herself, with lying to the American people which has resulted in thousands of deaths - white, black, you name it - skin color does not matter, there has been no discrimination, all are being killed.

She also has no problem with the people displaced by Katrina, who still have no place to live, and still wonder what their future will bring. Why doesn't she put some pressure on her boss to make things right for them? She certainly has access to him, which few do these days.

How insulting to have her apologize, as if to say she's accepting the apology on behalf of all black people everywhere. She has no idea. Wasn't she shoe shopping for $400 shoes while all this was going down? Pathetic.

[Scout1071]

7. Has Condi ever apologize for the "mushroom cloud" comment

and all her other lies in the last 6 years?

[sabra]

8. It's funny, Russert actually checks her on that, and her answer

the ME is a better place with out Saddam... :crazy:

[zippy890]

10. excuse me but is this news?

no.

[soleft]

12. As I was saying to my husband,,,I mean the President

Yeah, Condi knows all about slips of the tongue